Barmelweid Clinic

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The Barmelweid Clinic is a hospital near Erlinsbach in the canton of Aargau ( Switzerland ). It has existed since 1912 and was initially a sanatorium for tuberculosis sufferers . Over the decades it has developed into an acute hospital and a rehabilitation clinic for specialized care, which supplements basic medical care in the canton of Aargau.

description

Barmelweid Clinic
Main building of the clinic

The clinic, which consists of several buildings, is located on the southern slope of the Geissflue at an altitude of 770  m above sea level. M. , about one and a half kilometers southwest of the Salhöhe and three kilometers northwest of the village of Erlinsbach, not far from the border with the cantons of Basel-Landschaft and Solothurn . The Barmelweid can be reached from the Salhöhe via a spur road and is the terminus of a line operated by the Aarau bus company .

Until the 1960s, the clinic was focused on the treatment of tuberculosis. Today she specializes in the fields of pneumology , sleep medicine , cardiology , geriatrics and psychosomatics . The clinic also operates a public restaurant and a hotel with seminar rooms.

In 2017, the Barmelweid Clinic had 191 beds, 97.2% of which were used. 2,955 patients received 67,734 days of care, making the average length of stay in the clinic 22.9 days. 386 employees generated income of 54.7 million francs.

The clinic is supported by the non-profit association Barmelweid with around 2,000 members, which is also supported by the canton and numerous municipalities. The association is the sole shareholder of the operating companies Barmelweid Gruppe AG, Klinik Barmelweid AG and Pflegezentrum Barmelweid AG.

history

1887 was in Aarau Cantonal Hospital (later Kantonsspital Aarau opened). However, she did not have a tuberculosis treatment department . At that time the prevailing view was that tuberculosis could only be combated in high-altitude sanatoriums in the Alps . In professional circles, however, the realization gradually gained acceptance that lower-lying locations, for example in the Jura , could also be considered.

The impetus for a high altitude clinic on Aargau soil was given in 1894 by the doctor Hans Siegrist , Grand Councilor and Mayor of Brugg and later National Councilor . A suitable location was quickly found on the Barmelweid above Erlinsbach. The basis for the financing was a collection campaign on the occasion of the Aargau centenary in 1903 and a tax increase for the expansion of the health care system decided the following year. In 1907 the Aargauische Heilstättenverein (since 2001: Verein Barmelweid) was founded as the supporting organization. Hans Siegrist was in charge of the fundraising, the choice of the location, the planning and the supervision of the construction work.

To (a donation of the building site Ortsbürgergemeinde to Erlinsbach) open up at all, had the Salhöhe forth a road to be built. Finally, on June 30, 1912, the clinic was opened after three years of construction. At the beginning it had 70 beds, but had to be expanded after a few years due to the great demand. In 1932 a children's clinic, also financed by donations, was added. In 1947 the Heilstättenverein had to ask the canton for more financial support because it was no longer able to cover the deficits with its own resources.

Between 1950 and 1956 the clinic was significantly expanded and the existing facilities were renovated. From the 1960s onwards, the number of people suffering from tuberculosis decreased steadily due to vaccinations, which is why the clinic increasingly turned to rehabilitation. At the end of the 1990s, the main building was significantly expanded again. The Hotel Geissflue has been part of the Barmelweid since 2006. In 2009, the sponsoring association took over the Laurenzenbad hospital around two kilometers to the east. The care business there was relocated to the Barmelweid in 2011, for this purpose the no longer needed children's clinic was converted. An additional extension is to be opened by the end of 2018.

literature

  • F. Nyffeler, M. Buser, F. Suter, R. Keller, H. Sobhani: 75 years of Barmelweid - from a sanatorium to a special clinic . Ed .: Barmelweid Clinic. 1987.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Barmelweid in figures 2017 (PDF) Klinik Barmelweid, 2017, accessed on April 30, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Barmelweid now consists of a clinic and a care center. Aargauer Zeitung , June 24, 2011, accessed on September 22, 2012 .

Coordinates: 47 ° 25 '16.9 "  N , 7 ° 58' 17.2"  E ; CH1903:  640,206  /  252421